Looking into the Face of Jesus

Artist: Daniel Gerhartz

Head bowed low with shame and regret
No hope, defeated the woman wept…
Each tear that drops to his feet as she cries
Using her hair, his feet she dries…
Others in the room smell the expensive perfume
They criticize her, and judge her, their hearts are consumed
With ridicule and disgust they watch in unbelief, thinking, she could have used the money to feed the poor, they do not realize that He, is the LORD!
Then turning her eyes upward, she looks full into His face, what love, what compassion there is no disgrace…
She sees contentment and joy shining through his eyes…peace that calms her soul, she’s not afraid…she’s no longer without hope, all shame disappears as she washes his feet with compassion and tears…
Those doubts that hounded her for years and years…they’re all gone…it’s, as if, she’s new-born…
He speaks and his words are like a healing ointment poured upon her new heart…
She’s clean, no longer dirty or ashamed…she hears him speak her new name…
Meshali…beloved…forgiven…

~Marla Shaw O’Neill, March 12, 2020

John 7:50 (NCV) ^_ Jesus said to the woman, “Because you believed, you are saved from your sins. Go in peace.”